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24 February 2022
For workers' unity against war in Ukraine
The main beneficiaries of war in Ukraine will be the billionaires and the oligarchs, the bosses of the arms industries and the capitalist profiteers.
23 February 2022
One year after the military coup in Myanmar
"The regime's failure to control the country has taken many by surprise. The new generation does not want to allow any form of political domination by the military.
23 February 2022
Canada: Prime Minister Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act to end 'Freedom Convoy'
On 14 February, Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency measures to deal with the 'Freedom Trucker Convoy' protests against mandatory Covid-19 vaccination.
23 February 2022
Ukraine: Workers' unity against capitalist warmongers and imperialist meddlers
Russia's president Putin has recognised the 'independence' of two Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine
9 February 2022
Pro-market Socialist Party wins Portugal's election
Left Bloc and Communist Party lose ground: Portugal's snap general election was won by the ruling Socialist Party (PS) headed by current Prime Minister António Costa
9 February 2022
Oxfam 'Inequality Kills' report
Capitalism means inequality - socialism can end it: The 'Inequality Kills' report by Oxfam shines a light into the horrific poverty conditions experienced by billions around the world
9 February 2022
Tamil Solidarity protest against repressive Sri Lankan regime
On Sri Lankan independence day, 4 February, Tamil Solidarity organised a protest at the Sri Lankan high commission in London to oppose the repressive Sri Lankan regime
2 February 2022
Ukraine: Workers' unity needed
The beating of war drums is getting ever louder. For weeks, Western media and politicians have raised the prospect of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, and are threatening dire consequences for
2 February 2022
Northern Ireland: Bloody Sunday 50 years on
A pivotal event in the course of 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland took place 50 years ago, known as 'Bloody Sunday'.
2 February 2022
On 24 January 2022, a group of military officers toppled President Roch Kaboré's government in Burkina Faso.
2 February 2022
France: Education workers and students walkout
On Thursday 27 January striking students and teachers from my lycée (state secondary school) joined other demonstrators in Albi to protest at the lack of consideration for the health of teaching staff and students
2 February 2022
School students strike in Austria
In the middle of the Covid Omicron wave, Austrian students walked out in a school strike on 26 January, following a warning strike on 18 January.
26 January 2022
Trade unionists in the USA fighting back
In 2021, union workers were involved in at least 346 strikes across most sectors of the US economy including manufacturing, transportation, and services.
19 January 2022
Murder of Ashling Murphy sends shocks waves across Ireland and beyond
The tragic and senseless murder of 23-year-old Ashling Murphy in County Offaly, in the Irish republic has sent shock waves, anger and devastation throughout communities across the country and beyond
19 January 2022
Northern Ireland: Workers fight threatened closure of women's hostel
The sole women-only hostel in Northern Ireland for homeless women, those with addictions, mental health issues or suffering domestic violence, is facing closure on 27 February.
19 January 2022
US: Independent Socialist Group launches new paper
The Socialist salutes the tremendous step forward achieved by the Socialist Party co-thinkers in the USA, the Independent Socialist Group (ISG), in launching a new party newspaper, 'Socialism Today'.
19 January 2022
Eyewitness account of workers' uprising in Almaty, Kazakhstan
In the following extract, Igor Ushakov, who serves on the Almaty editorial board of the left-wing online magazine Krasnaya Yurt, explains the events on 4-5 January in the Kazakhstan city of Almaty, where a working-class uprising against the regime took place.
12 January 2022
Kazakhstan: Working-class revolt only suppressed by massive mobilisation of troops
Kazakh state forces, backed by Russian paratroops, are enforcing a military grip in Almaty
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